The Philobiblon of Richard de Bury;
ed. from the best manuscripts and tr. into English with an introduction and notes by Andrew Fleming West.

Description

Main Author: Bury, Richard de, 1287-1345.
Related Names: Adler, Elmer, 1884-1962, former owner.
West, Andrew Fleming, 1853-1943.
Grolier Club.
Language(s): English ; Latin
Published: New York, Printed for the Grolier Club, 1889.
Subjects: Book collecting.
Note: GAX copy v.3 contains an inscription in Latin by Andrew F. West, dated October 7, 1942.
GAX copy contains notes by Elmer Adler in v.1 and v.3.
Includes index.
Title in red and black.
Publisher's device of the De Vinne Press at end of each vol.
"The Grolier Club certify that this copy of Philobiblon, in three volumes, is one of an edition of two hundred and ninety-seven copies on paper and three copies on vellum, of which the first and second volumes were printed in April and the third volume in December, 1889."
Vol. 1 has title: Ricardi de Bury Philobiblon ex optimis codicibus recensuit versione Anglica necnon et prolegomenis adnotationibus auxit Andreas Fleming West.
Physical Description: 3 v. ill., facsims. 20 cm.
Locate a Print Version: Find in a library